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kaymakams

kaymakams is the plural of kaymakam.

Meaning of kaymakam

Noun

kaymakam (plural kaymakams)

  1. (historical) An Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
    • He desird him to leave a charge with the Chimacham his Deputy.1645, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-elianae..., volume iii, page 87
  2. (historical) An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments.
  3. (historical) An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
  4. (historical) A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay.
  5. (historical) Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century.
    Synonyms:
    sanjakbey during the mid-19th century
  6. (historical) An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states.

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Questions about kaymakams

What is kaymakams the plural of?
Kaymakams is the plural of kaymakam.

Words near kaymakams in the dictionary

  1. Kaylors
  2. Kaylyn
  3. Kaylynn
  4. kaymak
  5. kaymakam
  6. kaymakams
  7. kayo
  8. kayoed
  9. kayoeing
  10. kayoes
  11. kayoing

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